Premiere pro sound equipment maker Sound Devices unveiled their new MixPre Series of audio recorders back in April this year during NAB 2017, and now the company are releasing a new firmware update v1.11 for the MixPre-3 and MixPre-6 recorders. The MixPre series feature an integrated USB audio interface, designed specifically for indie video production, especially those shooting with compact DSLRs or mirrorless cameras such as the Sony a7s II or the Panasonic GH5.

Having used their older Mix-Pre D pre-amp, I am more leaning towards the more compact MixPre-3 in particular (as I don’t see myself needing to record more than three mics at the same time), as it is more suited to the type of work I do. These will get me much better audio quality than the internal audio on the Canon 5D Mark IV even if coming off the Sennheiser AVX MKE2 mic, the internal DSLR pre-amps just don’t cut it when compared to high-end audio recorders and pre-amps.